Our local book festival kicks off tomorrow. I'm getting in the spirit and thought I'd share by favourite book of the past year
A Magicial Do - Nothing Day by
Beatrice Alemagna. I have become a big fan of children's picture books in recent years (e.g.
Jon Klassen) having spent a lot of time reading them to my two. I happily discovered this title in a lovely little family run bookshop in Wels, Austria whilst on my hols (mine is the German version). The book is set on a gloomy, rainy autumnal day. Mum is busy working and suggests that the child goes outside. Shortly after to their dismay the child loses their beloved computer game. When it looks like everything is going wrong the dark earthy skies start to open and a colourful
rainbow appears. There is then a voyage of discovery excitingly retold to Mum at the end of the magical day.
It's a wonderful book about the joy of nature told through some truly beautiful illustration (the title has won the New York Times award for illustration 2017). It's a book to be enjoyed by all ages and would brighten any dull day.
above clockwise from the top left: mum working, lovely illustration of the gloomy wet weather - pic here, the loss of the beloved computer game, a tumble down the hill, pic of friedhuber book shop, some lovely antique books on the shelves of friedhuber, a pic of beatice alemagna , a pic the skies parting for the rainbow, pic of the cover that i have,
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